Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Between A Laugh And A Tear by John Mellencamp. Please check back for more John Mellencamp lyrics.

Between A Laugh And A Tear Lyrics

Artist: John Mellencamp
Album: Rough Harvest

When paradise is no longer fit for you to live inAnd your adolescent dreams are goneThrough the days you feel a little used upAnd you don't know where your energy's gone wrongIt's just your soul feelin' a little downheartedSometimes life is too ridiculous to liveYou count your friends all on one fingerI know it sounds crazy just the way that we live

CHORUS:Between a laugh and a tearSmile in the mirror as you walk byBetween a laugh and a tearAnd that's as good as it can get for usAnd there ain't no reason to stop tryin'

When this cardboard town can no longer amuse youYou see through everything and nothin' seems worthwhileAnd hypocrite used to be such a big word to youAnd it don't seem to mean anything to you nowJust try to live each and every precious momentDon't be discouraged by the future forget the pastThat's old advise but it'll be good to youI know there's a balance see it when I swing past

CHORUS:Between a laugh and a tearSmile in the mirror as you walk byBetween a laugh and a tearAnd that's as good as it can get for usAnd there ain't no reason to stop tryin'

Between a laugh and a tearSmile in the mirror as you walk byBetween a laugh and a tearAnd that's as good as it can get for usAnd there ain't no reason to stop tryin'